Town Gulch Fire
The Town Gulch Fire was reported on August 5, 2024 in Baker County, Oregon and burned 18,393 acres. It was declared out on November 18, 2024.
- Size
- 18,393 acres
- Contained
- 93%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2024
- Personnel
- 82
Map
Perimeter mapped June 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM PDT, 18,393 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.878, -117.255.
The incident
- Size
- 18,393 acres
- Containment
- 93%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2024 at 9:27 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- November 4, 2024 at 3:27 PM PST
- Declared out
- November 18, 2024 at 12:15 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Eagle Creek Rd Area, 24 Miles East of Baker City OR, 8 Miles N of Richland, OR
- County
- Baker County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Richland
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 82
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,869,666
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-ORWWF-000431
- IRWIN identifier
- D35DCD89-5BB7-4971-89CB-23B45FF30232
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 6, 2024 (6,475 acres) to June 11, 2025 (18,393 acres). The largest one-day growth was 11,453 acres, mapped August 7, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2024 | 6,475 | |
| August 7, 2024 | 17,928 | +11,453 |
| August 8, 2024 | 18,552 | +624 |
| August 9, 2024 | 19,250 | +698 |
| August 10, 2024 | 18,552 | -698 |
| August 11, 2024 | 18,152 | -400 |
| August 12, 2024 | 18,170 | +18 |
| August 13, 2024 | 18,188 | +18 |
| August 14, 2024 | 18,190 | +2 |
| August 15, 2024 | 18,215 | +25 |
| August 16, 2024 | 18,220 | +5 |
| August 17, 2024 | 18,221 | +1 |
| August 18, 2024 | 18,383 | +162 |
| August 19, 2024 | 18,393 | +10 |
| June 11, 2025 | 18,393 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Baker City, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated June 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-ORWWF-000431.